g progression – First Frets Homeschool Guitar and Ukulele Lessons

Now that we’ve discovered slash chords, we return to the song, “Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton. Now we can play it with the D/F# chord and get closer to the original progression of the song.

Here we modify the common G progression by adding a new chord (D/F#), and substituting the C and Em chords with a Cadd9 and Em7 chord. The result is beautiful, and you’ll find yourself using these common substitutions all the time.

Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton for guitar is another great song in the key of G. We use this song to highlight some very important principles of playing rhythms and chord progressions: holding a steady tempo (especially for slow tempos), placing upstrokes into your rhythm pattern, and changing chord shapes while your strumming hand is still moving.